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A girdle is a piece of women's underwear that replaced the corset in popularity and usage. Constructed of elasticized fabric and usually fastened with hook and eye closures, it is designed to shape and smooth a woman's figure, thereby producing a more aesthetically pleasing and attractive silhouette. A girdle can extend as high as the neck line (incorporating a brassiere) and as low as the thighs. A girdle may also include garters to hold up stockings.
While such a piece of clothing may seem uncomfortable and
unnecessary now, when it was first designed it was a
significant improvement compared to wearing a corset, which
would have to be laced up and included rigid
boning. Girdles are still worn today, but much more
rarely than during the 1950s and 1960s. In that period, the
advent of the
Dior New Look gave rise to women's
fashion featuring a narrow,
nipped-in waistline, also known as "the
wasp".
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| The above article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdle ). 1/17/06 |
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